Current Affairs From 8th March To 14th March 2014 For SSC, IBPS & IAS
International
- Saudi Arabia declared Muslim Brotherhood with other three militant group as Terrorist Group.
- Michelle Bachelet was been sworn-in as the President of Chile after winning election over her conservative rival Evelyn Matthei.
- The European Union (EU) announced 11 billion euro package of loans and grants for Ukraine
- Sun Pharmaceuticals received an import alert from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for its cephalosporin facility located at Karkhadi
National
- Union Government on 10 March 2014 announced to build 200 low cost airports in the next 20 years.
- Nagaland and Assam are the two states to be issued Plastic Photo Identity Card for elections in India.
India & The World
- Ten-day event named Festival of India was organised in three cities of Vietnam namely Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City.
- Government of India (GOI) announced to provide 4500 crore rupees Assistance Package to Bhutan for its 11th Five Year Plan.
- India has offered 1 billion US dollar line of credit to Bangladesh for development of trade facilities and infrastructure.
Business
- India’s exports have contracted by 3.67 percent in February 2014 to 25.7 billion dollars, which is the first in past eight months.
- Tech Mahindra in association with Alstom Transport announced a new global development centre located in Bangalore.
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) hiked the trade related remittance limit from 2 lakh rupees to 5 lakh rupees per transaction
Banking
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on announced to set up a committee under the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC).
- Rakesh Sethi is appointed as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Allahabad Bank.
Sports
- Mizoram won 68th Santosh Trophy for senior National football championship by defeating Railways 3-0 at Kanchenjungha Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal.
- Kush Sharma, an Indian-American student won the National Spelling Bee Competition in the US in a verbal duel after defeating Sophia Hoffman.
- Heena Sidhu won the gold medal in the Women’s Air pistol event at the 7th Asian Air Gun Championship in Kuwait.
Deaths
- Sheila MacRae, a veteran stage, film and TV performer died at the age of 92 in New Jersey.
- Joe McGinniss, author of Fatal Vision died.
Awards
- Indian writer Pankaj Mishra on 9 March 2014 won Windham Campbell Literature Prize in non-fiction category.
- Pooja Ghatkar, Indian shooter won the gold medal in women’s air rifle event at the 7th Asian Championship in Kuwait.
Appointment
- Financial Planning Standards Board India (FPSB) appointed retired Justice BN Srikrishna as its Chairman. He has succeeded Dhirendra Swarup.
- Soma Mondal was appointed as the first woman director (commercial) of National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO)
Others
- International Women Day is being observed across the world on 8 March 2014.
- World Kidney Day was observed annually on the second Thursday in March. The theme of World Kidney day of 2014 is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and aging.
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